crabling

A small, young, or baby crab.

Noun

  1. A small, young, or baby crab.
    • The juvenile members of most of our seaside communities are much given to crab-fishing, and may be seen from early morn to evening late, dangling their legs over some convenient rock, sea-wall, or landing-steps, and...
    • This was, after all, the easiest kind of life a simple-minded crabling such as he could hope to achieve, and so Galoo's words did well to play upon his fears. the sea-swindler went on to say, giving the crabling a...

Origin

From crab + -ling.

Forms

crablings